Just as Shire and Pershing began discussions on air-ground coordination training, a staff officer hurriedly handed over a telegram: "General, a large-scale mutiny has occurred in the British Army camp."
"Mutiny?" Shire feigned surprise.
"Yes." The staff officer replied: "It is said to have started with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, then quickly spread to other colonial forces."
Pershing frowned and asked, "Do you know the reason?"
"It's not clear yet." The staff officer replied: "Some say it's because of General Shire, some say it's because of the US Army."
"What?" Pershing didn't understand the staff officer's words.
What does the British Army mutiny have to do with Shire or the US Army?
The staff officer explained:
"They say it's because of General Shire, because the colonial forces strongly demand to fight under General Shire's command."
"This has been requested before, but was suppressed by the British Army."
